Jamie Oleksiak was charitable when asked to describe the fight he had Tuesday against Flyers defenseman Brandon Manning.

“He tried to get something going for his team,” Oleksiak said.

Whatever Manning attempted to accomplish on behalf of the Flyers by taking four right hands to the cranium remains up for debate, but Oleksiak's portion of the bout punctuated a pretty strong game overall for the mamoth defenseman.

In the 5-1 road victory against their cross-state rivals, Oleksiak had 17:58 of ice time on 21 shifts and scored his first goal with the Penguins. In addition to recording two shots, he was engaged physically throughout the contest.

While that might have seemed like Oleskiak's best game of the six contests he's played with the Penguins since arriving via a trade with the Stars Dec. 19, he was hardly gushing over the performance.

“Contribution-wise, obviously I got that goal and that fight there, that was big for...

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